Holder leads world speedway title
The second finals appearance in a row for the Aussie has seen him move to the top of the standingsAussie Chris Holder's fourth place finish in the Polish round of the 2016 Speedway Grand Prix series on May 14 has seen him move to the top of the standings.
The 2012 world champion is now on 26pts after round two of 11, ahead of two heavyweights in reigning world champion Tai Woffinden (24) and American Greg Hancock (24).
In front of 52,000 spectators, Woffinden was victorious in the Polish final ahead of Hancock, 2015 Warsaw winner Matej Zagar and Holder. Australia's second SGP rider, Jason Doyle, could only scrape together 5pts in Poland, and he's now eighth in the overall standings.
Round three will be held in Denmark on June 11, and the finale will be held at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne on Saturday, October 22.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS: 1 Chris Holder 26, 2 Tai Woffinden 24, 3 Greg Hancock 24, 4 Peter Kildemand 21, 5 Maciej Janowski 20, 6 Antonio Lindback 20, 7 Fredrik Lindgren 19, 8 Jason Doyle 18, 9 Matej Zagar 18, 10 Bartosz Zmarzlik 18, 11 Nicki Pedersen 14, 12 Andreas Jonsson 14, 13 Niels-Kristian Iversen 12, 14 Piotr Pawlicki 12, 15 Patryk Dudek 8, 16 Chris Harris 6, 17 Denis Stojs 1, 18 Nick Skorja 1.
LOTTO WARSAW FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX OF POLAND SCORES: 1 Tai Woffinden 14, 2 Greg Hancock 14, 3 Matej Zagar 14, 4 Chris Holder 12, 5 Fredrik Lindgren 12, 6 Bartosz Zmarzlik 10, 7 Maciej Janowski 10, 8 Antonio Lindback 10, 9 Patryk Dudek 8, 10 Andreas Jonsson 8, 11 Peter Kildemand 6, 12 Jason Doyle 5, 13 Niels-Kristian Iversen 4, 14 Nicki Pedersen 4, 15 Piotr Pawlicki 4, 16 Chris Harris 3, 17 Maksym Drabik DNR, 18 Pawel Przedpelski DNR.
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